While still riding high in the wake of the GT5 launch, Aussie PlayStation fans already have something else to be excited about…. two epic Killzone 3 retail editions have just been announced for the February 2011 launch of the game, and they look simply stunning.

Killzone 3 ‘Helghast Edition’

This pack* comes in a hand-decorated Helghast soldier’s helmet and includes the “SteelBook” Collector’s Edition with a PlayStation Network voucher code that:

• Unlocks all weapons and abilities for your first 24 hours of multiplayer gameplay.
• Lets you rise through the ranks faster by earning experience points at twice the normal rate for your first 24 hours of multiplayer gameplay.
• Gives you 3 unlock points to use on any weapon or ability you want.
• Includes the Retro Map Pack – bringing two battlefields from Killzone 2 back into the fight.
• Exclusive Killzone 3 dynamic theme.
• Killzone 3 soundtrack.

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Killzone 3 ‘Collector’s Edition’

This pack* comes in “SteelBook” packaging and includes a PlayStation Network voucher code that:

• Includes the Retro Map Pack – bringing two battlefields from Killzone 2 back into the fight.
• Exclusive Killzone 3 dynamic theme.
• Killzone 3 soundtrack.

No doubts on which edition we’ll be hanging for – the ‘Helghast Edition’ has already got a spot reserved on our collective bookshelves. The included Helghast ‘helmet’ replica almost looks realistic enough to frag you in the back while you’re not watching! In short – we want one. If you’re a Killzone fan, we bet you’ll want one too… pre-orders kick off in selected retailers today!

*Killzone 3 offers may vary between PAL territories; please enquire at retailers in your region and keep an eye on killzone.com for details on exactly what will be available in each country.

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Hi Folks,

This week is Karate Kid week in the Video Store of PlayStation Store. To celebrate the release of Karate Kid featuring Jaden Smith we are offering a sale on the original Karate Kid movies. You can rent Karate Kid, Karate Kid Part II & III for just £1.49 and buy for £5.99 for a limited time.

We also have the following latest and greatest additions to the store:

To Buy:

• The A-Team
• The Karate Kid (HD)
• Toy Story 3 (HD)
• Splice
• Pillars of the Earth

New to Rent & Buy:

• Disney’s Christmas Carol (HD)
• Predators (HD)
• Heartbreaker
• Player 5150
• Stomp the Yard: Homecoming (HD)
• Lower City
• How to Train your Dragon (HD)

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Hey there, Fight fans.

Thanks to those of you who have given us feedback on The Fight since it launched; today we’re bringing you the first update to the game. This update resolves several small issues reported by players and includes the ability to make your fighter transparent in order to get a better view of your opponent.

If that weren’t enough, you will now be able to use all of the boss characters as well as the main man, Duke, to use in both online and offline multiplayer modes as part of the Duke DLC pack.

The patch will be available to download next time you start up the game and the Duke DLC will be available from PlayStation Store on 15 December.

The Fight School

The Fight is a brand new type of fighting game. It puts your moves and your actions directly into the game, with an unprecedented level of freedom. Your own skill is the only limit.

But as with all great new things, there is, of course, some great new rules and details to learn. Freedom is better when you know what to do with it, so we’ve put together these little bonus tutorials to help everyone get to grips with this wholly new way to play fighting games.

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‘Sup? I’m called James Parker, I’m a designer here at FluffyLogic and I’m working on Eat Them!, which Ana has been telling you stuff about recently, and I’m here to say a few more extra in-depthy words about how making a game like Eat Them! actually happens on a day to day basis. Today – CONTROLS!

A game can have the greatest technology in the world, the most incredible art assets, and USPs that would have marketing people salivating into their espressos, but if the controls feel wrong – if the player isn’t properly connected with the game – then everything else will be wasted.

One of the first things you do when designing any game is download a picture of the DualShock3, cribbed from Google images, fire up your favorite drawing package, and put little lines all over it connecting buttons to boxes that describe their functions. At this stage, as an experienced designer, you make an educated guess at what’s going to work for your game. The reality is, until you get the game on the Test Kit, the controller in your hands and you actually try the thing, you may as well have been drawing a moustache on the Mona Lisa.

Because customisation is a big factor in the game, each monster’s capabilities are going to be slightly different – and with four possible weapon positions on each monster, as well as kicks, grabs, jumps, and stomps – mapping all the controls, and all the while keeping things simple and intuitive, is quite challenging. Those things, however, are easily tested and changed, tweaked to accommodate new functionality and swapped to satify people whose fingers are the wrong way round – that’s the 80%.

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Now that you’ve all had just under a week to get to grips with Gran Turismo 5, the Real Driving Simulator on PlayStation 3, I thought I’d post an update on the amazing competition that is open to anyone who buys the GT5 Signature Edition, after reading some of your questions here on the PlayStation.Blog and on our @PlayStationEU twitter account.

As we pointed out last week in our under the bonnet of the Signature Edition video, this luxurious package contains a card that grants the owner a chance to win one of the most exotic supercars in the world today – the Mercedes Benz SLS AMG.

I’d like to inform you that the competition will begin in December 2010. The specific date and rules will be announced very soon, but I can reveal that it will be based around GT5‘s B-Spec Mode, so Signature Edition owners may want to start levelling up their drivers in anticipation.

Look after those entry cards and I look forward to providing further detail; this blog post is simply to reassure Signature Edition owners that the competition hasn’t started yet and they haven’t missed out.

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